# CVE-2008-3519: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can obtain sensitive non-EJB class information via download requests when the DownloadServerClasses property is enabled in production.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 23 Sep 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-62gp-x3rq-2r53

## What is CVE-2008-3519?

CVE-2008-3519 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, published on 23 Sep 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The default configuration of the JBossAs component in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (aka JBossEAP or EAP), possibly 4.2 before CP04 and 4.3 before CP02, when a production environment is enabled, sets the DownloadServerClasses property to true, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (non-EJB classes) via a download request, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3273.

Weakness: CWE-16

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3519?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-3519?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2008-3519 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3519 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform

- [CVE-2017-12149](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12149/): Red Hat JBoss Application Server Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2010-1428](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-1428/): Red Hat JBoss Information Disclosure (medium 5.9, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2010-0738](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0738/): Red Hat JBoss Authentication Bypass (low 3.7, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2016-3690](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3690/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-7504](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7504/): Deserialization in JBoss (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-3519 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-3519 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, published on 23 Sep 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3519 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3519/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3519/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3519
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3519
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-3519

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